Thursday, August 8, 2024
Theme: “The Church, a community of God’s children”
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:5-6
5. you are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. 6. Therefore let us not sleep as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
Let us remember:
Being spiritually awake is a requirement of God for us. A child of God must remain awake. He must not be in spiritual sleep mode. His spirit must always be awake and alert, even during his natural sleep. The evil one prowls around God’s children every day. If we dream, he risks devouring our surroundings. God has endowed us with the assets that we must exploit to distinguish ourselves from those who do not belong to Him. Within the Church, we must distinguish ourselves by light and not by darkness. Light consists of every kind of life of prayer, obedience to God, sanctification, love of neighbor. Night is the opposite of light, it is the life of sin, it is life outside the Church. To live in the night is to live outside the community of the children of God. Within the Church, the children of light and day are always joyful. They pray without ceasing, giving thanks in all things, because this is the will of God in Jesus Christ. The children of light and day do not quench the Spirit, they do not despise prophecies; but they test all things; they hold fast to what is good and abstain from every kind of evil. We will lose all our savor if we switch to the side of night. Now, our light must shine in the night in order to illuminate the snares of the devil. To live without reading or meditating on the Word of God would mean that we are not awake, it would also mean that we are in darkness because light comes from the Word of God. Excellent Thursday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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